Our local mission is much the same as the national mission. Although this is a competition, we hold the spirit of knowledge to be our number one priority. We aim to see students of all backgrounds throughout New England gaining appreciation for their infrastructure and those who make it possible. We also want the students to understand the design process and work in teams in a similar way to engineering professionals. We want the students to broaden their perspectives on the way the world works and the ways they may want to contribute to it in the future. Lastly, it is our mission to bring each and every student participating (and their school faculty, parents, mentors, and all involved) a positive learning experience full of fun, teamwork and creativity.

Welcome to the 2018-2019 year! The 2018-2019 theme is Powering Our Future! Teams will design a resilient power grid for their future city that can withstand and quickly recover from the impacts of a natural disaster.

This year Reed Brockman is back as a Regional Co-Coordinator bringing all of the experience of the past years and joining him is Alyson Stuer. In additional to your regional co-coordinators we will have a number of support positions as our committee grows to support the…

For all schools and organizations involved in Future City last year, YOU ARE INVITED on a field trip to Union Point in Weymouth on June 7th, courtesy of LSTAR, the people behind this new REAL FUTURE CITY!

Here are some of the activities we plan:

LSTAR CEO Kyle Corkum and the LSTAR team will lead a tour of this amazing new community. With him, civil engineer (and Future City mentor) Kayla Arruda will add to the tour providing insight into civil engineering design issues that she has been addressing.

What an AMAZING job you all did! The New England Regional Finals drew a whole bunch of incredible cities, each giving home to some really amazing insight. I had moments listening to your ideas where I really got choked up! It seemed you all really took the theme of designing for an aging community to heart.

On Saturday, October 28, three experts on designing for an age-friendly community, got together at the BSA Space in Boston to share with all the Future City teams some of the thoughts that go into designing a community that is friendly towards an aging population.

Thank you to everyone for making the 2016 New England Future City Competition such a success! Here is a link to photos of the event: https://www.flickr.com/photos/reedpro/albums/72157663498601631/with/24067730139/The overall winner, and thereby our New England region competitors at the Future City national finals in Washington DC next month is "Khaalis LaHore" from the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center in Connecticut (they also won two other awards: Best City Description, the AECOM Award…

I hope everyone is enjoying Josh's updates! I am just starting to send out the books, but you really don't need them since all the registration and handbook materials are posted right on the website. I WANT TO GIVE ALL OF YOU A FREE BOOK! You will need dropbox to get it, but just follow this link: FREE BOOK. This book is a copy of Celeste Baine's critically acclaimed book "Is There An Engineer Inside You?", which is the perfect book for explaining all the different types of engineers you may run…

I hope everyone is enjoying Josh's updates! I am just starting to send out the books, but you really don't need them since all the registration and handbook materials are posted right on the website. I WANT TO GIVE ALL OF YOU A FREE BOOK! You will need dropbox to get it, but just follow this link: FREE BOOK. This book is a copy of Celeste Baine's critically acclaimed book "Is There An Engineer Inside You?", which is the perfect book for explaining all the different types of engineers you may run…

I hope everyone is enjoying Josh's updates! I am just starting to send out the books, but you really don't need them since all the registration and handbook materials are posted right on the website. I WANT TO GIVE ALL OF YOU A FREE BOOK! You will need dropbox to get it, but just follow this link: FREE BOOK

If you watched through the video I attached last week, you may have kept watching to see this video of the Zabaleen in Cairo, Egypt. Originally, The government not only did not support the Zabaleen's collections, but tried to replace the system with one of their own. However, the Zabaleen were so important to the people of Cairo that no other system worked.

The Zabaleen show just how important it is for the population of your city to support the programs you create. Programs and institutions will fail without…

I'm Josh Hill, a current Civil Engineering student at Stevens Institute of Technology. I want to show you all some ideas to consider when working on your Future City:

Let's talk about one of the less talked about parts of waste management, energy recovery. Just because some waste can't be reused or recycled doesn't mean it has to end up in a landfill. Some of that waste can be successfully burnt to power your city. An excellent example of this process can be seen in Sweden. In fact, Sweden is so successful in energy recovery that they are able to import the…

This years topic is all to do with your city's waste management system. The video I've linked will help get you brainstorming ways to make sure you don't waste your waste.

The City Narrative and Research Essay have been combined into one deliverable, the City Description. The specifics of the new format can be found in the Program Handbook, but here's what you need to cover in the 2015-2016 City Description:

Waste Not, Want Not - Lessen the negative impact that solid waste has on your city.

Twenty one teams braved the storm, and most that were unable to make it have contacted us to judge them at their school (although they know this does not make them eligible for the Nationals). In all, there was over 150 students present and almost…

It looks like a big competition this year! Please try to come early if possible. The event is based out of the main lobby of the Curry Student Center at Northeastern University (MAP TO CURRY STUDENT CENTER). Drop off students at the main doors of the building. I recommend parking at the Renaissance Park Garage after you drop off the model and students (…